Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island has been rebooted and upgraded, mainly by retitling it as ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ and casting Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Luis Guzman and Vanessa Hudgens in the film.

There are oversize bees, dinosaurs, lost cities and a steampunk submarine at the end, even if the plot has been moved from the US civil war to the 21st century. Hey, that sounds like one of my books, doesn’t it?